Cerithiopsis dilata

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Cerithiopsis dilata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species:C. dilata
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis dilata
Rolán, Espinosa, Fernández-Garcés, 2007

Cerithiopsis dilata is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Rolán, Espinosa, and Fernández-Garcés, in 2007. [1] [2]

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

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Cerithiopsidae family of molluscs

Cerithiopsidae are a family of very small and minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Gastropods in this family are known as cerithiopsids.

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References

  1. ↑ Cerithiopsis dilata at World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ Rolán E., Espinosa J. & Fernandez-Garcés R. (2007). The family Cerithiopsidae in Cuba. 4. The genus Cerithiopsis s. l., the banded and the variably coloured species. Neptunea 6(2): 1-29.


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